take on the intimidating back nine in pursuit of the golden aleand, as each hoped, maybe even the cash booty for the

LowNet

. Once again, though, the back side prevailed as only twoplayers posted net under par scores. Two others did manage toshoot their handicap, but, as the box scores attest, the rest of the field hacked their way around the course to record some of the highest collective scores of the year. Participating in thisday’s match were:

were the first to tee off and never looked back asthey coasted through the back side, getting to 6 under afteronly four holes and finishing at

10 under

. There was somedrama on the porch as the second and third groups ended up

tied at 4 under

and anxiously awaited the arrival of the lastgroup which mysteriously did not arrive until some twentyminutes later, just barely beating the darkness. The fourthgroup later explained they needed the extra time to search forerrant shots on just about every hole that collectively earnedthem the right to be the

day’s patron

with a score of

2 under

.

CORRIGAN WINS LOW NET! REESE

Date: September 26, 2006Issue #: 31

The Nickelodeon

Chronicling The Play and Behavior of ATAG Tour Players

Chief Editor

Don Nichols

Graphic Design Manager

Amanda Nichols

Sales and MarketingManager

“Pool Bar Dave” Nichols

Contributing Writers

Danny Morris

Photography

still looking

Publisher

NickelodeonPublications, IncSince 2005

ATAG

Ansley Tuesday AfternoonGolf Tour

Ansley Golf Club

1912

196 Montgomery Ferry DrAtlanta, Ga 30309

ATAG

Ansley Tuesday Afternoon Golf Tour

HASLOW GROSS!

Twenty four handicapper

“Lucky Frank” Corrigan

, normallyone of the head liners of the next section, surprised everyoneincluding himself by firing an impressive

45

, for a

net 3 under

to capture the day’s

Low Net Purse of 16 bucks

.

“LuckyFrank”

had

two net eagles

and

six net pars

in recording hisseason’s best and leading his team to victory. (Frank did notstay around for the conclusion of the match so the winningshave been placed into escrow until a ruling is issued by the

ATAG Rules Committee

.) The honorary

Low

Gross

was wonby

Brad Reese

who shot

39

, edging out

P.J. Wade

by onestroke.

GILMORE EDGES OUT DANZIG!

It was a lot more competitive on the high side, but

RichardGilmore

managed to use a

triple quadruple combination

on# 11 and #16 to edge out last

week’s winner David Danzig

byone

stroke to

capture

high

score

honors with a score of

52.

Craig

Sellner

and

Jeff Colbath

had their chances, but fell a littleshort with scores of

50

each.

MCGLYNN HAS SHOT OF THE DAY!

(well, sort of)

Eighteen handicapper

Kevin McGlynn

earned

“shot of theday”

honors) for his approach shot on #13 from behind the treeson # 14. Showing utter defiance for the tree barrier in front of him,

McGlynn

unhesitatingly took a full swing and zoomed the ballinto the heart of the tree branches—only to see the Ansleyhardwoods counter the assault by sending the ball back andover his head in a high arc reminiscent of a jai alai shot that landedsoftly some fifteen yards behind him.

BIRDIE CLUB ADDS TO ITS TOTAL!

Four birdies

were added to the

Birdie Club

—one each by

P.J.Wade

,

Brad Reese,

Henry Sawyer,

and

Don Nichols.

OTHER TIDBITS

●

It as another pleasant evening on the porch as the playersconversed about their day’s round and all of the “would of,could of, should of” opportunities.

Nichols

and

Sellner

told a coupleof jokes that elicited some genuine laughter and

McGlynn

followed with a lawyer joke with mixed results before theconversations shifted to even more mundane matters.

●

Rich Hall

revealed that he is an inveterate high stakes

gambler

and continually successful at

Texas Hold-Em

poker ,causing much discussion by the group and suggestions by somethat we should start an

ATAG Texas Hold-Em

league. (the

Commissioner

remained silent during the discussion but laternoted that such an endeavor does not conform to the

(Ties ATAG Record first set in2005 by Martin, Tyber, Healy,and draw partner Kisgen)

ATAG

Ansley Tuesday AfternoonGolf Tour

Ansley Golf Club

1912

196 Montgomery Ferry DrAtlanta, Ga 30309

14% dividend yield

. No one seemed anxious to hurry home toawait the next day’s opening of the market but, you never know, the

ATAG porch

could reveal the secrets of great wealth for those whofollow stock tips and pursue on line gambling (aren’t they the same?)at the recommendation of high handicapper golfers with cocktails intheir hands.

●

Russ Jobson

was a

“no notice, no show”,

but did make acameo appearance at 7:55 pm to beg forgiveness, citing a lastminute business conflict. The

Commissioner

showed leniencyby removing

Jobson

from

ATAG Death Row

and insteadsentencing him to

“Double Secret Probation

.” (side note:

Richard Gilmore

was nominated, and curiously accepted thenomination, to be the

Executioner

in the event the sentence of

“death by boogada

boogada”

is ever given to any of theplayers currently on

ATAG

Death Row.

)

●

ATAG

veterans

Mike Gaddis, Danny Morris, DougHealy, Tom

Kisgen, Marty Arnold, Don Nichols, Rick Eaton,and former ATAGer

John McClymonds

returned from theirannual golf trip to

Hilton

Head

this past week end where theyplayed

108 holes

in four days on four different courses involvingseveral two man and four man team matches and an overallindividual winner for the four day tournament.

Don Nichols

had a

nine stroke lead

going into the last day but opened thefinal round with a double bogey after topping the ball into thelake and struggled off and on all day long under the pressure of hard charging

Marty Arnold

,

Tom Kisgen

, and

DannyMorris

. Fortunately for him,

Nichols

managed to have a fewgood holes and withstood the pressure and

won by four shots

over a relentless

Arnold

with a

four day net total score of 282

.

Kisgen

and

Morris

finished

third and fourth

respectivelywith

net total scores of 293

and 294.

This wasthe first time that

Nichols

had ever won the highly competitive

ATAG Hilton Head Tournament

. (which he followed up onTuesday by posting his highest ATAG round of the season.Oddly, all of the other tournament players elected to pass thisweek.)That’s it for this week

.

See you next week when we go back tothe front nine. The days are getting shorter so we will bestarting a little earlier for those who can make it.